kootchman
redblack depends on the objectives. Sustainable constructions are supposed to source as locally as posslble. lots of kilns have been shut across the country that can’t meet air quality standards or find it too expensive to remove the lead, arsenic, mercury etc and go the import route….who owns what and which ones are up and running? I have no idea. Sourcing locally recognizes energy is needed to move stuff and keeps jobs local or regional.. Co2 thing. Add pollution controls to KC and it makes no impact if the demand is filled from another paper company that does not have equivalent standards. Tariffs don’t stop offshore sourcing. and does nothing to mitigate. If it is cheaper to offshore source then run your own equipment I dunno what a tariff will do. I think equivalent standards ahould be mandated. Same thing with forest products, it’s great to have sustainable forestry, but does that happen or do we just transfer unsustainable practices to South America or Malaysia et al. Tariffs start tariff wars. Why doesn’t India or China ship cars here? They can’t until such time as they meet both air quality and vehicle safety standards. Noth countries make lots of cars.. but they are not going to sjip into North America or Europe until they meet the emission and sagety standards. That makes sense. Food products using banned pesticides are not supposed to be imported. If you are going to do this: Seems to me as taxpayers, we should get as much revenue from state constructions as we can. The energy revenue, the production worker salariess, the mineral extraction, and the sustainability issues.
http://www.greenbuildingpages.com/links/weblinks_LEED.html
Part of the sustainable matrix includes sourcing as locally as possible. Seattle mandates it. So do multiple federal agencies.
JTS.. thanks for the link. WSDoT Qualified products list, and the breakout of some of the offshore sources
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/mats/QPL/QPL_Search.cfm
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